Peking, the heart of the ancient empire of China, was on its back in the year 1900, occupied by the foreign powers in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion, and at the mercy of looters and exploiters. Pierre Loti, one of the most famous French writers of theage, spent nearly a year there with the French expeditionary force, and left in this book, The Last Days of Peking, an extraordinary account of the city at its moment of crisis. The writing reflects China and its culture, and the conflicting attitudes of Westerners towards the country – a weird mixture of sinophilia and sinophobia.
About the author
Claude Jaeck is a business consultant in Shanghai with 30 years of experience managing corporations across several countries in the Far East. He dubs himself as a cultural anthropologist and is the Founder and Honorary President of the ‘Societe d’Histoire des Français de Chine’. Claude is a regular contributor to the Centre d’Analyse et de Prospective, a French think tank. He believes that studying the past helps in understanding the present and contributes to shaping the future.
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